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There were no signs of an obvious or easy cat entrance without the use of a burden. Each door had a little round knob that had to be turned to move the heavy door. The last door to the outside had an additional thing that was turned and held for a moment to allow the door to open in addition to the round thingy.

They didn't see any open windows. So without intervention they would need some sort of a trick to get the door open and all of the animals in the cages out.

Tiger-Lily

She is feeling a bit frustrated that they haven't found a way to get back in. They will have to think of another way, maybe a way to fool a Burden?

She is ready to leave as soon as the outer door is opened. Terror is out there somewhere.. maybe he has found a way?

Shadow

Doors with fiddly bits in the one place it would cause the worst problems. That approach would be difficult. Perhaps the windows? Things made of the see-through stuff broke easily enough if something hit them hard enough, He'd pushed enough things off ledges in his time to see that. Not something they could do beforehand, though.

After one of Tiger's quiet 'I'm here' sounds, he very quietly murmured,

"I'll look at the cages, see how they can be opened. Keep working on a way in and out. Maybe break one of the see through things on the day? Anything."

Tiger-Lily

"Understood" came the quiet reply, followed with "leaving when the Burden goes outside."

She continues to look for anything that might help in their mission.

There are plenty of the glass things, some off in the area they just left where the burdens would normally be found. Plenty of things on shelves to be knocked off and might even do what they hope.

The cages are actually fairly simple affairs with a long metal bar that loops over another. None of them are locked per say, but each bar would have to be moved to allow the door to swing open and the occupant freed.

Tiger follows the burden outside and he crosses the area to another burden conveyance. He then gets in, it makes a noise and lights come on. Soon it is driving away.

Now outside Tiger looks about but Terror is not to be seen, at least not immediately.

Shadow

Not difficult, but time-consuming: they'd need to get the rescued to help to speed things up lest it take longer than a nap or two to get everyone.

He looked for nooks and crannies normally inaccessible, things in the walls that could be travelled through, places where air moved inside buildings, or where the plastic-coated metal string ran.

Terror

He'd never liked the little burning sticks with their foul smells and fire. One of his burden's neighbors sometimes carried those as well. She'd almost burned his burden with it once and he'd kept a close eye on her ever since.

Unless it seemed they were up to something suspicious, though, he'd make his way back to the building and continue searching for a way in.

Tiger-Lily

She is thinking over what they have discovered. Maybe they could wait for a Burden to let them in.. but that would really only work for her. But then she might be able to create a hole in one of the see through places. A possibility.

She looks around for Terror. Maybe he is still searching the outside? She heads off around the building to find him.

(OOC: Cats can gather how they wish. All are outside I think...)

Terror

He padded back over to the building and spotted Tiger-Lilly. "Glad to see you out. Did you find a way in?"

Tiger-Lily

As she spottted Terror, she released her magic to become visible so that he could see her.

"I went in with the burden. Sorry about the abrupt departure. Met Shadow inside and we explored but still haven't found a good way back in. It is possible though that one of us could go back in and then break a see through wall to let the others in. Shadow has stayed back to see if he can work out how to open the cages."

Terror

"Hmm, that's not good," he mused. "I suppose the burdens must try to make things very difficult if they want to keep us captive."

He looked again at the building. "I could find no entry either. It is disappointing. I wonder if we could discover the true name of one of the large dogs and control it. It might be easier to break things with a large form."

Tiger-Lily

Her eyes widen.

"Can =you= do that?"

She looks impressed.

"Let's wait for Shadow and see if he has found anything else."

A quick review of the exterior. There are several closed clear surfaces, which if open, could offer access, though in their current state do not. There are a few doors, all of which will require burden intervention.

Though the building is as tall as a two floor building, they only saw one floor and no stair upward. The room with the cages was two floor high though. In addition there was no easy way to reach the roof from the ground. Though it might be possible to use a burden vehicle's roof or some other trick to access it.

Shadow

The shadow cat did not want to return empty-mouthed, so he redoubled his efforts: checking everywhere he could (and he could check a great many places) for places the Burdens didn't usually go, cat-accessible or not.

Inside he does spot an opening in the ceiling that might offer access to the roof but it is closed so no way to be sure.